As the BJP and the opposition INDIA alliance are at loggerheads over the caste-based census, Janta Dal United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar has alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi belonged to the upper caste and he misled the voters by saying that he belonged to OBC.
With the clamour for caste census intensifying, the BJP leader said that as soon as the elections are close at hand, Congress tries to find issues that would give them political gains and that it could cause a major division in the society.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday launched an attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party stating that the latter is afraid of cast census.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday attacked the Centre and Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh, saying that the BJP "snatched the rights" given by the Congress government to the people and farmers have not been given their due
Akhilesh Yadav said, "Caste-based census will bring everyone together. the castes that were left behind, those who are not given respect and rights yet, and those who think that their population is more but they are not getting anything according to it, I think caste-based census will integr
"Democracy can never be strengthened by dividing the society. I believe that the society as a whole can progress by unity and social harmony. Ram Manohar Lohia dictum 'dam bandho (fix prices), jati todo (break caste)' is needed in contemporary times," He added.
There are many reasons not to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday while stressing that for his party there are no "magic bullets" but good governance to offer.
Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday laid thrust on caste census and said it would be among the top priorities of the government if Congress voted to power in the forthcoming assembly polls.
While speaking to the media in Patna, Chief Minister Kumar made a reference to the state's caste survey and said, "What we have done is being discussed in other states as well. Once the (house) Assembly session begins, we will put forth (all the data), including economical conditions of each
Speaking on the 2024 Vidhan Sabha elections, Mishra said the CM Naveen Patnaik-led state government has failed the people of the state, and the BJP in the upcoming election will bring 147 seats.
"Their (Congress) government was at the Centre for ten years. Rahul Gandhi remembers everything when his party is in the opposition. His father and his grandmother all were in power. Now they are remembering all this (the issue of caste census)," Pralhad Joshi said while speaking to ANI.
"How many Dalits are there in this room.. how many OBCs are there in the room, raise your hands...," Rahul Gandhi asked at the press conference after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here.